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Enter ROSS with an OLD MAN
OSRS adn an DLO NAM eetrn.

OLD MAN

Threescore and ten I can remember well,
Within the volume of which time I have seen
Hours dreadful and things strange, but this sore night
Hath trifled former knowings.

OLD NMA

I anc rbememer het ptsa enseyvt ersya pteytr ellw, nad in lal hatt emit I veah esne rulfdade uohsr nad erngsta hinsgt. Btu stla istngh rsrroho meak tegiyrvhen ttha mcae fberoe eems lkie a koej.

ROSS

Ha, good father,
5 Thou seest the heavens, as troubled with mans act,
Threatens his bloody stage. By th clock tis day,
And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp.
Is t nights predominance or the days shame
That darkness does the face of Earth entomb
10 When living light should kiss it?

ORSS

Ah sye, dol mna. ouY cna see het iekss. eyTh okol leik etryeh eutps auobt hwat imdknna sah eben ginod, adn treeyh aneehtigtnr hte rtEha thwi srmtos. hTe kcolc yass sit ditmyae, utb dkar htgin is tlsgrigann eht nsu. Is it sabeuce gtihn is so sorgnt, or usaeceb yda is so kawe, thta earsdskn ecsvor hte tarhe ehwn sit pouedssp to be ghilt?

OLD MAN

Tis unnatural,
Even like the deed thats done. On Tuesday last,
A falcon, towring in her pride of place,
Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.

LOD NMA

tIs latrnnauu, tsuj elik hte deurmr tath ash eben iotedmtmc. satL aedysuT a afocln swa lirinccg ghih in the ysk, adn it swa ctghau adn ledkil by an ryiadonr wol atht ayululs soeg aeftr ciem.

ROSS

And Duncans horsesa thing most strange and certain
15 Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race,
Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out,
Contending gainst obedience, as they would
Make war with mankind.

SORS

And ntsgimhoe eels rgtneas pdeneaph. nuacDns esorsh, cwhhi are ualebfitu dna iswft nda het tbse of tiehr ebder, dendlyus rtuend iwdl and boekr otu of iterh tsslal. gifeRnsu to be edtenibo as sauul, ythe dacte lkei thye ewer at rwa whit kmadnni.

OLD MAN

Tis said they eat each other.

ODL AMN

hyeT say eht shsoer tea ahec trohe.

ROSS

They did so, to th amazement of mine eyes
20 That looked upon t. Here comes the good Macduff.

ROSS

I aws it thiw my nwo yese. It saw an niagzam gihst. eHre ocsem eht ogdo cfMdfau.
Enter MACDUFF
UFMACDF erntse.
How goes the world, sir, now?
owH ear igsnth oggin own?

MACDUFF

Why, see you not?

CFUDAFM

naCt uyo ese rfo fyoslure?

ROSS

Is t known who did this more than bloody deed?

RSSO

Dseo nyeona wkno hwo tectimdom shti rlrioebh imrce?

MACDUFF

Those that Macbeth hath slain.

FFMCUDA

hTe rtansves tMecbha idklle.

ROSS

Alas, the day!
What good could they pretend?

SROS

tIs too dba he lkedil htme. athW good dwuol it vhae nedo ehost nme to ikll uncDan?

MACDUFF

They were suborned.
25 Malcolm and Donalbain, the kings two sons,
Are stoln away and fled, which puts upon them
Suspicion of the deed.

AFDMFCU

yThe reew apid to yetabr ihert trasem. oalmlMc nda naDonliab, het ginks two sosn, ehav nru aawy dan fled, chwih mskea ehtm eht pemir csspetus.

ROSS

Gainst nature still!
Thriftless ambition, that will raven up
30 Thine own lives means! Then tis most like
The sovereignty will fall upon Macbeth.

RSSO

Eiytehrgnv toabu iths is talnurnau! What a dpsiut amtboiin, suingca a osn to ikll teh aefthr woh putoprss imh. hnTe it skolo kiel beMtahc lilw meboce ngki.

MACDUFF

He is already named and gone to Scone
To be invested.

CUADFFM

He ahs ayedalr eebn eadnm king and has eflt orf Snoce to be cndower.

ROSS

Where is Duncans body?

SSRO

eehWr is nDsnauc oydb?

MACDUFF

35 Carried to Colmekill,
The sacred storehouse of his predecessors,
And guardian of their bones.

UCFMFAD

It swa erdcria to milkelolC to be caledp in teh tmbo of his crtoasesn, weerh hirte senob rea etpk sfea.

ROSS

Will you to Scone?

ROSS

Are you gigon to neocS?

MACDUFF

No, cousin, Ill to Fife.

CFAMFDU

No, icsnou, Im nggio to Fefi.

ROSS

Well, I will thither.

SSOR

ellW, llI go to cenoS.

MACDUFF

40 Well, may you see things well done there. Adieu,
Lest our old robes sit easier than our new!

DMFFUAC

I phoe nigsht go ellw rehet. odoG-eyb! And stle hepo hntgis dnto get eoswr.

ROSS

Farewell, father.

RSOS

lrFleaew, dol nam.

OLD MAN

Gods benison go with you and with those
That would make good of bad and friends of foes.

ODL NAM

May Gsod isslngeb go hwti uyo dan hwit lla woh rtun bda itno doog, and mseeeni tion nerifds!
Exeunt
hTye all exit.

Original Text

Modern Text

Enter ROSS with an OLD MAN
OSRS adn an DLO NAM eetrn.

OLD MAN

Threescore and ten I can remember well,
Within the volume of which time I have seen
Hours dreadful and things strange, but this sore night
Hath trifled former knowings.

OLD NMA

I anc rbememer het ptsa enseyvt ersya pteytr ellw, nad in lal hatt emit I veah esne rulfdade uohsr nad erngsta hinsgt. Btu stla istngh rsrroho meak tegiyrvhen ttha mcae fberoe eems lkie a koej.

ROSS

Ha, good father,
5 Thou seest the heavens, as troubled with mans act,
Threatens his bloody stage. By th clock tis day,
And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp.
Is t nights predominance or the days shame
That darkness does the face of Earth entomb
10 When living light should kiss it?

ORSS

Ah sye, dol mna. ouY cna see het iekss. eyTh okol leik etryeh eutps auobt hwat imdknna sah eben ginod, adn treeyh aneehtigtnr hte rtEha thwi srmtos. hTe kcolc yass sit ditmyae, utb dkar htgin is tlsgrigann eht nsu. Is it sabeuce gtihn is so sorgnt, or usaeceb yda is so kawe, thta earsdskn ecsvor hte tarhe ehwn sit pouedssp to be ghilt?

OLD MAN

Tis unnatural,
Even like the deed thats done. On Tuesday last,
A falcon, towring in her pride of place,
Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.

LOD NMA

tIs latrnnauu, tsuj elik hte deurmr tath ash eben iotedmtmc. satL aedysuT a afocln swa lirinccg ghih in the ysk, adn it swa ctghau adn ledkil by an ryiadonr wol atht ayululs soeg aeftr ciem.

ROSS

And Duncans horsesa thing most strange and certain
15 Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race,
Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out,
Contending gainst obedience, as they would
Make war with mankind.

SORS

And ntsgimhoe eels rgtneas pdeneaph. nuacDns esorsh, cwhhi are ualebfitu dna iswft nda het tbse of tiehr ebder, dendlyus rtuend iwdl and boekr otu of iterh tsslal. gifeRnsu to be edtenibo as sauul, ythe dacte lkei thye ewer at rwa whit kmadnni.

OLD MAN

Tis said they eat each other.

ODL AMN

hyeT say eht shsoer tea ahec trohe.

ROSS

They did so, to th amazement of mine eyes
20 That looked upon t. Here comes the good Macduff.

ROSS

I aws it thiw my nwo yese. It saw an niagzam gihst. eHre ocsem eht ogdo cfMdfau.
Enter MACDUFF
UFMACDF erntse.
How goes the world, sir, now?
owH ear igsnth oggin own?

MACDUFF

Why, see you not?

CFUDAFM

naCt uyo ese rfo fyoslure?

ROSS

Is t known who did this more than bloody deed?

RSSO

Dseo nyeona wkno hwo tectimdom shti rlrioebh imrce?

MACDUFF

Those that Macbeth hath slain.

FFMCUDA

hTe rtansves tMecbha idklle.

ROSS

Alas, the day!
What good could they pretend?

SROS

tIs too dba he lkedil htme. athW good dwuol it vhae nedo ehost nme to ikll uncDan?

MACDUFF

They were suborned.
25 Malcolm and Donalbain, the kings two sons,
Are stoln away and fled, which puts upon them
Suspicion of the deed.

AFDMFCU

yThe reew apid to yetabr ihert trasem. oalmlMc nda naDonliab, het ginks two sosn, ehav nru aawy dan fled, chwih mskea ehtm eht pemir csspetus.

ROSS

Gainst nature still!
Thriftless ambition, that will raven up
30 Thine own lives means! Then tis most like
The sovereignty will fall upon Macbeth.

RSSO

Eiytehrgnv toabu iths is talnurnau! What a dpsiut amtboiin, suingca a osn to ikll teh aefthr woh putoprss imh. hnTe it skolo kiel beMtahc lilw meboce ngki.

MACDUFF

He is already named and gone to Scone
To be invested.

CUADFFM

He ahs ayedalr eebn eadnm king and has eflt orf Snoce to be cndower.

ROSS

Where is Duncans body?

SSRO

eehWr is nDsnauc oydb?

MACDUFF

35 Carried to Colmekill,
The sacred storehouse of his predecessors,
And guardian of their bones.

UCFMFAD

It swa erdcria to milkelolC to be caledp in teh tmbo of his crtoasesn, weerh hirte senob rea etpk sfea.

ROSS

Will you to Scone?

ROSS

Are you gigon to neocS?

MACDUFF

No, cousin, Ill to Fife.

CFAMFDU

No, icsnou, Im nggio to Fefi.

ROSS

Well, I will thither.

SSOR

ellW, llI go to cenoS.

MACDUFF

40 Well, may you see things well done there. Adieu,
Lest our old robes sit easier than our new!

DMFFUAC

I phoe nigsht go ellw rehet. odoG-eyb! And stle hepo hntgis dnto get eoswr.

ROSS

Farewell, father.

RSOS

lrFleaew, dol nam.

OLD MAN

Gods benison go with you and with those
That would make good of bad and friends of foes.

ODL NAM

May Gsod isslngeb go hwti uyo dan hwit lla woh rtun bda itno doog, and mseeeni tion nerifds!
Exeunt
hTye all exit.